We bet you 5 million dollars if you ask anyone who was a teenager in 1984 to tell you what happened that year they won’t remember…
So let’s refresh! It was the year we got Medicare, the dollar coin, the hundred dollar note, Green and Gold became our national colours, and Advance Australia Fair became our anthem!
So to celebrate the 40 years since all this occurred, we counted down the top 104 of 1984!
You can check out the full list below or download it here!
| #1 | Dancing in the Dark | Bruce Springsteen |
| #2 | Ghostbusters | Ray Parker Jr. |
| #3 | Footloose | Kenny Loggins |
| #4 | Careless Whisper | George Michael |
| #5 | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go | Wham! |
| #6 | I Just Called to Say I Love You | Stevie Wonder |
| #7 | Thriller | Michael Jackson |
| #8 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper |
| #9 | When Doves Cry | Prince |
| #10 | Hello | Lionel Richie |
| #11 | Heaven (Must Be There) | Eurogliders |
| #12 | Relax | Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
| #13 | 99 Luftballons | Nena |
| #14 | Calling Your Name | Marilyn |
| #15 | Burn for You | INXS |
| #16 | What’s Love Got to Do With It | Tina Turner |
| #17 | Smalltown Boy | Bronski Beat |
| #18 | I Can Dream About You | Dan Hartman |
| #19 | Pride (In the Name of Love) | U2 |
| #20 | Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) | Phil Collins |
| #21 | Hold Me Now | Thompson Twins |
| #22 | Listening | Pseudo Echo |
| #23 | Sad Songs (Say So Much) | Elton John |
| #24 | Jump | Van Halen |
| #25 | Holiday | Madonna |
| #26 | Missing You | John Waite |
| #27 | Radio Ga Ga | Queen |
| #28 | The Reflex | Duran Duran |
| #29 | Rebel Yell | Billy Idol |
| #30 | Break My Stride | Matthew Wilder |
| #31 | Victims | Culture Club |
| #32 | Self Control | Laura Branigan |
| #33 | Legs | ZZ Top |
| #34 | Let’s Hear it for the Boy | Deniece Williams |
| #35 | Time After Time | Cyndi Lauper |
| #36 | I Send a Message | INXS |
| #37 | Freedom | Wham! |
| #38 | Oh Sherrie | Steve Perry |
| #39 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | Twisted Sister |
| #40 | Here Comes the Rain Again | Eurythmics |
| #41 | To Be or Not to Be (The Hitler Rap) | Mel Brooks |
| #42 | Saturday Night | Cold Chisel |
| #43 | I Want a New Drug | Huey Lewis & The News |
| #44 | Soul Kind of Feeling | The Dynamic Hepnotics |
| #45 | Purple Rain | Prince and The Revolution |
| #46 | Love of the Common People | Paul Young |
| #47 | Wouldn’t it Be Good | Nik Kershaw |
| #48 | Blue Jean | David Bowie |
| #49 | Jump | Pointer Sisters |
| #50 | The Warrior | Scandal |
| #51 | I’m Only Shooting Love | Time Bandits |
| #52 | I Want to Break Free | Queen |
| #53 | She Bop | Cyndi Lauper |
| #54 | Catch Me I’m Falling | Real Life |
| #55 | Like a Virgin | Madonna |
| #56 | Uprock | Rock Steady Crew |
| #57 | Beast of Burden | Bette Midler |
| #58 | Dance Hall Days | Wang Chung |
| #59 | Drive | The Cars |
| #60 | Two Tribes | Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
| #61 | Automatic | Pointer Sisters |
| #62 | Run Runaway | Slade |
| #63 | Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) | Billy Ocean |
| #64 | Bitter Desire | Kids in the Kitchen |
| #65 | Cover Me | Bruce Springsteen |
| #66 | No More Lonely Nights | Paul McCartney |
| #67 | The War Song | Culture Club |
| #68 | Burning Up | Madonna |
| #69 | The Love Cats | The Cure |
| #70 | Kiss the Bride | Elton John |
| #71 | Message to My Girl | Split Enz |
| #72 | A Rockin’ Good Way | Shakin’ Stevens & Bonnie Tyler |
| #73 | King of Pain | The Police |
| #74 | Just Be Good to Me | The S.O.S. Band |
| #75 | The Wild Boys | Duran Duran |
| #76 | The Glamorous Life | Sheila E. |
| #77 | Nobody Told Me | John Lennon |
| #78 | Robert De Niro’s Waiting | Bananarama |
| #79 | Eyes Without a Face | Billy Idol |
| #80 | A Beat for You | Pseudo Echo |
| #81 | The Longest Time | Billy Joel |
| #82 | Sweet and Sour | The Takeaways |
| #83 | Let’s Go Crazy | Prince and The Revolution |
| #84 | You Might Think | The Cars |
| #85 | Doctor! Doctor! | Thompson Twins |
| #86 | Talking in Your Sleep | The Romantics |
| #87 | No Second Prize | Jimmy Barnes |
| #88 | Agadoo | Black Lace |
| #89 | Only When You Leave | Spandau Ballet |
| #90 | Change in Mood | Kids in the Kitchen |
| #91 | You’re the Best Thing | The Style Council |
| #92 | Louie Louie [Live] | Australian Crawl |
| #93 | Eat It | “Weird Al” Yankovic |
| #94 | Sunglasses at Night | Corey Hart |
| #95 | It’s a Miracle | Culture Club |
| #96 | The Politics of Dancing | Re-Flex |
| #97 | No Say in It | Machinations |
| #98 | Passengers | Elton John |
| #99 | Out of Touch | Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| #100 | Computer One | Dear Enemy |
| #101 | Holding Out for a Hero | Bonnie Tyler |
| #102 | Everywhere I Go | QED |
| #103 | Flame Trees | Cold Chisel |
| #104 | Sticky Music | Sandii & The Sunsetz |
